Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-22

unredeemed and irredeemable paper
promises. Their record shows every
promise now redeemed. We found
AsYsrrm or CIVIL SERVICE
in which public trusts of office we're dis
trIbuted recklessly as the rewards of per-
sonal support, and office became The recog-
nized prize of selfish and often fraudulent
political service, and work at the polls had
its market price in official quotations.
We initiated the work of reform even
while we enjoyed the profits of the sys-
TEN, impelled thereto by the inherent in
stances of che party for pure SYSTEM of
government.
THE TARIFF.
The principle Of protection is not
founded upon the interests of any one
section or of any one class of individuals,
but upon the interests of the entire coun-
try. Its supreme object is to render
America independent Of Europe, 20 rem
der the United States entirely seIf-sus-
tanning, to keep our money at home, and
give employ ment 60 our own working
people, to substitute home competition
for foreign, to build up towns and vii
lagos, to encourage agriculture and en-
nance the value Of farms, to provide home
markets for the farmer, to adapt our
manufactures to our domestic wants. to
promote the opening Of rapid and cheap
communication between the states and
territories to open and to develop all the
vast resources Of our country SO richly
blessed OF God in all that is needed to
make a people great conteuted and
happy
TERRITORIES, DEMOCRACY, ETC.
The continued refusal of the Demo
cratic House of Representatives to admit
| Territories having population of high
character and intelligence exceeding in
number that of several states of the
Union, old and new, should arouse the
indignation of all true Americans who
believe in home rule and constitutional
rights.
We charge the Democratic administra-
tion with culpable weakness ia guarding
Am eriean industries and individual rights
on the high seas and in foreign lands,
while the vessels and property OF our
citizens have been seized and sacrificed in
| foreign ports, aud information of what
/ they we're Justly entitled to under our
treaties withheld from them or made de-
/ pendent on foreign interpretations, and
/ we demand a more vigorous assertion of
| American craftsmanship which shall re-
store the respect once accorded to the
/ just demands of our Republic.
VIOLATING THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
We charge the Democratic party with
/ being reereant to the Republic and
pledges of tho President in prostituting
the civil service to partisan purposes
We hold that those professed friends of
civil service reform who accept ana fol
low this faithess action in preference TO
the party which placed the civil service
law on tile statute book are themselves
untrue to their professions. We condemn
any backward step in this reform and all
hypocrisy in its administration.
We charge the Democratic administra,
tion with trampling upon the just claims
Of the soldiers OF the Republic and with
reopening tho accepted settlements of
deplorable sectional strife by ordering
the removal of the emblems Of such
strife from the place where they quietly
repoeed in the archives OF the Nation,
and yielding only after the indignant
protests of the American reopie.
Upon this history and these declara-
tiors we confidently summon to our aid
not only the patriotism of the country,
but its labor, It's industry, its commerce,
and its craftsmanship
1t was decided upon discussion to form
a National league and to merge all the
clubs therein. After this action James +.
Foster, of New York was elected presi-
dent of the league for the coming year.
One vice president from zach state vas
| provided for and also executive com
mIttee. The convention then adjourned
sine de
After the convention had adjourned,
the executive committees of the Nation
al league, with whom wa left the nomi-
nation OF a secretary and q treasurer, APP
pointed sub committee TO name these
officers Tho subcommittee consists Of
j. $, Clarkson, Of Iowa; James i. Foster,
OF New York city, Il. I. Bsackett, Of Sar
atOga Springs, N. u, and Il, W. Fox, of
/ Washington This committee agreed to
leave the choice of a secretary to Presi-
dent Foster. II will decide upon treas
urer later. The sub committee established
/ headquarters at the New York club rooms
and will have branch nc the National
Republican club rooms In Washington.
The league will hold a convention in New
York in March, when there will be pres
eut seven delegates from each state.
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